beni wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to hook up an old IDE Lite-On DVD-RW drive to a new SATA PC
> (Dell Dimension E521). I connected an IDE > SATA converter to the burner and
> plugged it to the mobo using the original sata cables. Problem is windows
> Vista doesn't recognize it and I don't see it in the BIOS. I made sure the
> sata channels are enabled in cmos, and tried all the jumper settings. I've
> downloaded and installed all drivers DELL told me to, and installed all
> windows updates as well. The DVD ROM drive the PC came with is always
> recognized when it's connected.
>
> Can someone please take me through what I'm supposed to do if I've missed
> something?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
>
I tried to connect a Plextor IDE DVD drive via an PATA-SATA adapter to a
computer which had run out of PATA controller capacity. Didn't work at
all. Then, on a whim, I got another brand of PATA-SATA adapter and found
that it worked perfectly. The original adapter was good with PATA hard
disks but it refused to operate with any of the three optical drives I
tried.
After you confirm that you are doing all the right things like ensuring
proper power to the adapter and drive and jumpering the drive properly
(probably master or cable select), you might want to also test your
adapter using a spare hard disk. If that works a call to the adapter's
importer would be in order to see if they expect it to work with optical
drives.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com 
Sata converter on new Dell 
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